Awards are given in recognition of significant contributions toward the preservation of Stafford County's cultural heritage. The Historical Commission established its award program in May of 2004 as a component of National Historic Preservation Month.
Stafford County Organizations that Nominate for the Awards:
- Architectural Review Board (ARB)
- Cemetery Committee (SCCC)
- Historical Commission (SCHC)
- Planning Commission (SCPC)
- Patawomeck Indians of Virginia
- Stafford Historical Society
- Fredericksburg Area Builders Association (FABA)
- Cultural resource management firms
| 2022 | ||
| Nathan Best | Landscape Award | Ennever-Lucas Family Cemetery |
| Manheim Fredericksburg | Preservation Award | Ennever-Lucas Family Cemetery |
| 2018 | ||
| Beate Jensen | Preservation Award | Belmont Preservation |
| John and Cathy Harris | Preservation Award | Preservation of the Latham-Beckhin family cemetery |
| Sherry Cooper and Will Shelton | Preservation Award | Preservation of the Staples family cemetery |
| Frank White and Norman Schools | Preservation Award | Preservation of History of the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church and cemetery |
| 2017 | ||
| Marine Corps Base Quantico Range Management Branch | Volunteer Award | Cemetery Documentation |
| Linda Silk-Sviland | Preservation Award | History Walls at Rowser Building, Rouse Center, and Stafford High School |
| NASH Stafford LLC and Newland Communities at Embrey Mill | Preservation Award | Knight House at Embrey Mill Rehabilitation |
| The Stafford Armed Services Memorial Committee and Working Group | Preservation Award | The Stafford Armed Services Memorial |
| The George Washington Foundation | Preservation Award | Interpretive Replica of the Washington House at Ferry Farm |
| 2016 | ||
| D.P. Newton | Volunteer Award | White Oak Civil War Museum |
| Irma Clifton | Volunteer Award | Shelton's Cottage |
| Virginia Properties, Inc. | Preservation Award | Mountjoy House Historic Structure Report |
| David Berreth | Lifetime Achievement Award | Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont |
| 2015 | ||
| Barbara Decatur | Preservation Award | Stafford County History |
| HH Hunt | Preservation Award | Cultural Resource Preservation at Abberly |
| Miller and Smith | Preservation Award | Cultural Resource Preservation at Courthouse Manor |
| Walton Development & Management | Preservation Award | Cultural Resource Preservation at Sherwood Farm |
| 2014 | ||
| Art Hart | Volunteer | Stafford County Oral History Project |
| 350th Committee - Sponsors - Partners | Preservation | 350th Anniversary Celebration |
| 2013 | ||
| USMC Lt Gen Ron Christmas (Ret) | Volunteer - Chairman | 350th Community Fund Raising |
| Falmouth Cemetery Trustees | Landscape - Preservation - Maintenance | Falmouth Cemetery |
| James Schwartz DDS Bernadette Schwartz |
Homeowner Preservation | Little Whim |
| The Silver Family | Preservation | Silver Ridge Farm A Virginia Century Farm |
| 2012 | ||
| Barbara Flack | Volunteer - Over 30 Years Work | Historical Society |
| Frank White | National Register of Historic Places Virginia Landmarks Register |
Stafford Training School - Rowser Building |
| NAACP | National Register of Historic Places Virginia Landmarks Register |
Stafford Training School - Rowser Building |
| Norman Schools | National Register of Historic Places Virginia Landmarks Register | Stafford Training School - Rowser Building |
| Colonel Glenn Trimmer USAF (ret) | Preservation | Civil War Resources - Civil War Park |
| 2011 | ||
| 276th Engineer Battalion | Built Road in Civil War Park | Combat First Virginia Regiment |
| Alex McCallister | Homeowner Preservation | Eastern VA Land Co Inc President |
| Homer Musselman | Preservation | |
| 2010 | ||
| Boy Scouts Troop 1425 | Cemetery Landscape | |
| Al Conner | Historical Research | Historical Society |
| Barbara Flack | Volunteer | |
| Beate Jensen | Preservation | Cemetery Committee |
| Jim Padgett | Volunteer | |
| Bill Shelton III | Homeowner Preservation | |
| 2008 | ||
| Gary Cooke | Cultural Heritage Preservation | Patawomeck Indians of VA |
| Becky Guy | Language Preservation | Patawomeck Indians of VA |
| Debbi Shelton | Cemetery Preservation | Cemetery Committee |
| 2007 | ||
| Linda Belles | Cemetery Preservation | Cemetery Committee |
| Cessie Howell | Preservation | Historical Commission |
| 2006 | ||
| Anita Dodd | Preservation Advocate | |
| Richard Knight | Cemetery Preservation | |
| 2005 | ||
| Thomas Mountz PsyD | Volunteer | Fort With No Name |
| 2004 | ||
| Norman Schools | Homeowner Preservation | Moncure Conway House |